Case 32292

Abstract

Presentation of CaseA twenty-five-year-old man, a window decorator, entered the hospital because of dizziness, double vision, headache, nausea and vomiting.The patient had always been in good health except for occasional "sinus trouble," which was never severe enough to cause him to consult a physician. Five years before admission the patient was discharged from the Army because of bilateral otosclerosis and deafness. Six weeks before entry he noted the sudden onset of dizziness while decorating a window. Things seemed to dance up and down in front of his eyes. A physician found "low blood pressure." Five weeks before entry, . . .